HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-09-10 ~. A r~gula~ meeting of the'Board was.~held on the above date~
with all members~ p~esent; chairman soverino' presiding.
~ The ToWn. accountant submitted treasury' warrant ~/36 showing a
eXpenditu~e.of $i8,296.94 Voted Warrant accepted-and bills paid.
Members of the School Committee met with the Board to 'elect
a member of the School Committee to fill the vacancy caused by
Meeting
Warrant
chool Comm.
lected.
the resignation of Mfs.Della Chapel.Those meeting in Joint sessio
Ito elect the member were; I.A.Sovertno,H.P.Smith,W.D.Glidden and~
I E.R.Coffin of the Board of selectmen and Stuart B.Day.Norman P.
W.
Giffin and Mrs.McKinstry, the only name in nomination was Mrs.Hele}
Co~gdon and she was declared elected 9y a unanamious vote.
It was voted that the day police at 'Sconset be retained on 'Sconset
Poi.Retain
duty there until octOber 15,1947. to
A letter was received from Mt.Paul Lepore of Gov.Bra~ford's Letter
" Shellfish,
office that the Shellfish Committee apointed by the'Governor to Commission
meet with the Board of Selectmen and confer on shellfish matters
would pro~ably arrive on the boat fr°m Wood's Hole about 2.00 P.M
on Sept.25,194?.This letter was written to Rep.Bar~es and request.
-ed that he arrange for a meeting with~the'Board and reservations
Ifor room 'accomidabions for the committee members conststi~ of;
S~nator Furbush,Rep's Armstrong,O'Brian Ernest R.BarnesiArthur W.
Weston,RePresentative Cyrus Barnes is also a member of the Committee.
A letter was received from the committee that sponsered the Letter of
~ ~ thanks.
-Lawn Party and food sale for the benefit of St.Mary's Church,
thanking the' Board 'for the use of the Sanford House Lawn.
mA apPlication was received from Dorrts Barrett for the positicn Jr.Cler~
of Jr.Clerk at the O.A.A~office she was appointed from Se~ 'appointed,.
An offer to'donate several small mapel trees to the town for Donablon'
.~ of trees~'
street or highway planting was receive fr°m Mfs.Charles P.Porte~ to'tov~.
20.Hussey Street. It'$/A~ voted.to ~efer the matter to the Tree
It was votedto submit the applicaEtons of A~Byron Coffin, Jame~Ap~
~ ish Warden
E.Chapel.W.H.Winslow,N.E.Norton,W.F.Ellis,And Earl A.Mayo~i0~~.
Director Ralph H.Osborn for his selection of one of them as Matin
Fish Warden for Nantucket. It was voted to request the Town
Mailed..
~ransfer
of funds
to dept's.
-tant to as~ the Finance Co~m~ittee to make a transfer from the
. Reserve F~nd ~ the following amounts to these various department:
Fire Dept. $896,l§-Traffic Markings etc.$400. House Connections
$400.-Election~Expenses $1000.-Childrens Beach $150.
"- ~' ~' ~.Wilson H. Cash DisPenser~of Public'Welfare~ S' ~ :
~eport for the month of. Au~st. ,~ ' ~ :,,~ ', ',:",
'~'.' ; A commU~icati0n' fr°m the Department 0f Public' W~k~ i~f0~ed' Hearing
,'the Bo.~d'that thoy'wlll h~ld a P~bllc'hea~ing fo=rNa~tioket
County~for the open discussion of questions relating to the publf<
"roads,in the Sanford House,'o~ Thursday September ll,'19~g'at 1i~0
'i.~. the discussio~ I's mainly chapter" 90 road Work*
~ i torte~ was ~ecefved '~rom the Department of Public Utilities Lebter
that they will hold a' P~blic hearing at their 'hearing ro~,166.
StatemHouse~Boston, on Septembe~ !6~lg~.a~ 10,~0 o, ciock f~ the
-fo~no~n in the' ~atter 0f an fnvestigagi'0n' in'regard to cOmplaint
as~to the propriety of thO"rates and charges by ratlroad~ea~riers ,
~pplic~ble to NassachusettS IntraState freight traffic riled by
'seven ~aflroad Co~Panies.
Aletter was w~itten to the~ Board ~rom Nrs.'Sherw0od Smith Letter2,
: "- -"- '~"' ' ' , , ~at
complaining of a ~uiSance in the lot a joining her Property as a nuisance
menace to the health of children and Other reasons.
Adjourned at 10.4~
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~:;~'- ". ~' '~..'~;'A 'sPeciai'~ee~i~g of the Board wd'S'held~n'~'~e 'above date fo~ ~'- / :-~'
the'purpose of selecting'fourteen persons qualified-to serve as.~
Jurors (Tra¢;';~'e) to b'e held at NantU;ket 0n~the first Tuesday 8f
October next~tho'5th~at 9;O0'o~clock in the-forenoon·
The Following nmmes were selected...
'Alexis Bernard, CarPenter - 7~ Orange Street.
Nicholas E.'Norton,Fisherman - 2 cottage Court. '~ ·
John~.c. Beami'sh, Retired - ~ Beaver street~_.
Jam~s H. Walsh, Expres~msn-- l~.Atlantic Ave.
Charles A. jewett, Electrician~-~9 veStal Street.
Reginald F.-~Hussey, Carpenter 'l~B Main Street.
Wiiltam J. Larkin, sUPervisor - 42 Fair street
Lewis 'S..Ray, Jr~ ,Plumber- 2~ Liberty, str0et.
S~phen S. Gibbs,Carpenter.* I Ash Street.
~ohn C.'~acDona~d, Electrician - 14 So.Water St.
Kenneth C.'Coffin, ~erchant - King St.'Sconset.
Roland S. Brieon, Manager - Hummock Pond Road.
Kenneth N.' Pease, ProPrietor - 3~ ?l*asant St. ,.~'
Fred L. Alien, prOprietor - 2 south Water Street. ~-
Secretary.
~" loners was held in the Selectmens'rooms on the above date.for the
.purpose of discussing Chapter.90 road work..Members of the Board
.*present were I.A.So~ebtno,Walter D.Glidden~Ernest R.Coffin~and''
H*bbert P; ith. 'The Nembers of the Commission were Commissioner
*~".H.Bubaok~r,Associate Commissto4*r R~iph PaladinojS~;te'EnEinee:
R.~.Coburn;and District Highway Eng.L.R.Sel~w; ~0bhers pr'~Sent
Were,Edward P;Tice Nant.supt;0f Highways,Harold W.Killen:'sec~t~r.
'~f the FinanCe c0mmitt~e~and Mariand Rounsville of the Nantucket
Construction Co. The Board ~equest~d the sum of $i8,000 from the
State Department for new ConstrUction,and $5,00~ for maintenance,
whichis to be matched by the Town making a t0tal*of ~40,000.
.. The new'airPort road is'to be.done by funds aide'dy*made availabl
by the DePartment and any balance remaining to be used for W'~k
the Polpis road. The Commission agreedto'send equipment t° the
island to put a white line(center) along the ,sconSet road.
/~ 1' ~Su '" '~d~
,~ aec. rotary.